These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in
canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the Canoe racing, sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre (Athens), Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic C ...
. The K-1 event is raced by single-person
canoe sprint kayaks.
Medalists
Heats
The 23 competitors first raced in three heats. The top finisher in each heat moved directly to the final, and the next 6 finishers in each heat qualified for the two semifinal races. Therefore, only two kayakers were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 24.
Sergeyeva was disqualified for not keeping her boat in the automatic starting system, delaying the race start by five minutes. She was also disqualified for starting outside of the automatic starting system.
Semifinals
The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26.
Pastuszka was disqualified for competing in an underweight boat.
Final
The final was raced on August 28.
Janics, who switched her nationality from
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of ...
to
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...
three months before the
2004 Games, jumped to an early lead and then held off a late challenge from
defending Olympic champion Idem.
References
2004 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results*Wallechinsky, David and Jamie Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 492.
Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe/Kayak Results
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Women's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics